Revision is Cheating!

I have decided that revision is cheating as it gives the nerdy students an unfair advantage.

To be honest I was entirely being serious with this post.

What I will say though is that going to lectures and litening is fair and you should follow and understand what you are being taught there and then. If you dont then you can make up for it studying in your own time but the better students will have understood it first time around. However, in the exam there is no way to differentiate between someone who understood quickly because they are good at the subject and someone who had to read over the subject a few times because they were a bit slow.

University is all about academia but non-academic people can do better than lazier academics because they do more work. That was my point although I was not being entirely serious.

do physics then, i had a physics exam today i did no revision and i prob got an B/A was easy

im not saying some people aren't able to pass exams without revision, some are, but its in no way cheating!

i agre on that !!!

many thanks. in fact,. most people appear to, i think its just Michael beaver that thniks it. lol

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Who are you quotin' there pal. Maybe you wanna check what I wrote again.

Handy that edit button isn't it.

I have decided that revision is cheating as it gives the nerdy students an unfair advantage.

Now I know people are thinking prospective employers are looking for people who have shown they can work hard as well as people who are capable academically. But revision is unlimitied, within reason, and so doesn't give an indication of how much was due to the person's academic ability and how much of their qualification was due to how hard they work. I think academic institutions like universities should be there as a test of a person's academic capability not how hard they work. The business world requires hard work and so maybe people intent on spending their lives working should go straight there.
Obviously if you did no work you would learn nothing but if you do more work than everybody else you have an unfair advantage.

Anyway I have an exam tomorrow and its too boring to be revising for. Funny how I formulated my theory today isn't it?

I dont care no more. I just hate revision and I'm trying to justify doing nothing so I can go watch the tele.

I have decided that revision is cheating as it gives the nerdy students an unfair advantage.

i agre on that !!!

I have decided that revision is cheating as it gives the nerdy students an unfair advantage.

Now I know people are thinking prospective employers are looking for people who have shown they can work hard as well as people who are capable academically. But revision is unlimitied, within reason, and so doesn't give an indication of how much was due to the person's academic ability and how much of their qualification was due to how hard they work. I think academic institutions like universities should be there as a test of a person's academic capability not how hard they work. The business world requires hard work and so maybe people intent on spending their lives working should go straight there.
Obviously if you did no work you would learn nothing but if you do more work than everybody else you have an unfair advantage.

Anyway I have an exam tomorrow and its too boring to be revising for. Funny how I formulated my theory today isn't it?

this is spot on! and a theory that my friends and I have held for a long while...particularly with AS levels if you can do retakes- there is 0 point...its always refreshing to get an A and know that you put absolutely no work into it...however it can backfire slightly...i did no work for my human geography module at A2...for the whole year i handed in hardly any work because- well human is one of those things- you either get it or you dont- revision is for the people who either dont get it...or are worried....i was neither...i got like a mid b for my human module...still got an A overall....remember....

revision just is a waste of time...go out- have fun...worry about exams the night before